Burnham-On-Sea singer Lyra Cole, 7, releases her third charity single
Lyra Cole, 7, has released a cover of
Toy Story’s ‘You’ve got a friend in me’ to raise money for In Charley’s Memory, the local mental health charity.
Lyra, who had a brain tumour the size of an orange successfully removed when she was a baby, hopes the song can cheer up people in tough times.
The money raised from her latest song will go to In Charley’s Memory, a charity formed close in partnership with the King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge.
In Charley’s Memory was given its official charity status in March 2015 and since then has gone on to aid countless numbers of people as numbers needing their services rocketed.
Lyra is releasing her third charity single on Good Friday.
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A seven-year-old brain tumour survivor is releasing a third charity single on Good Friday to boost mental health and wellbeing.
The inspirational Lyra Cole from Somerset is releasing a cover of Toy Story’s ‘You’ve Got a Friend In Me’ to raise money for In Charley’s Memory (ICM), a mental health charity.
Lyra, from Highbridge, had emergency surgery to remove a brain tumour the size of an orange when she was five months old.
The talented youngster hopes the song will cheer people up after such a challenging year.
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Burnham-On-Sea singer Lyra Cole, 7, to release third charity single this Easter
A Burnham-On-Sea brain tumour survivor hopes to raise spirits and boost people’s mental wellbeing at Easter with the release of a new charity single.
Lyra Cole, 7, is releasing a cover of Toy Story’s ‘You’ve got a friend in me’ on Good Friday to raise money for In Charley’s Memory, the local mental health charity.
Lyra, who had a brain tumour the size of an orange successfully removed when she was a baby, hopes the song can cheer up people in tough times.
It will be her third charity single – her two previous songs, Shakin’ Stevens’ Merry Christmas Everyone and When A Child is Born, were both successful in raising money for Brain Tumour Research.
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No rides, no parties and no strolls along its planks out to sea.
During a year of covid, the pier, owned by brother and sister business duo Kerry and Michelle Michael, has closed and re-opened numerous times.
But although all seems quiet at Weston’s favourite tourist attraction, much work has been going on behind the scenes in readiness for its gates to re-open to the public.